Slog - Comments on Moving Pictures http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures The movies that make up the list below the image have had the greatest influence on me. They are always on my mind, always in my house. 1) Blade Runner, Scott (cinema as urban theory) 2) I am Cuba, Kalatozishvili (Hegel as cinema) 3) To Sleep With Anger (cinema as Afro American literature--the director, Burnett, and main actor, Glover, of this movie are in the above image) 4) The Mirror, Tarkovsky (cinema as Proust) 5) Aliens, Cameron (the cinema of American militarism/also the cinema of Marx) 6) I Can't Sleep, Denis (cinema as post-colonial exhaustion) 7) North by Northwest (cinema... Copyright 2007 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:07:21 -0800 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:14:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Other than Blade Runner, I'd say that's a pretty wierd list.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458440 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:26:56 -0800 Comment by rachel Charles- another dreamy and poetic post.

Just kidding!

]]> rachel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458456 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:41:30 -0800 Comment by Maassive 1. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, Morris (beauty, obsession and CIA interviewing devices)
2. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, Leone (Every scene a story)
3. Gray's Anatomy, Soderbergh (Speech must be seen)
4. Night of the Hunter, Laughton (Gay, communist, atheist in a time where all were dangerous)
5.The Last Temptation of Christ, Scorcese (The ultimate biblical substitute)
6. Roger & Me (humor, compassion in absurd and harsh realities)
7. Rashomon, Kurosawa (Marge: You liked Rashomon. Homer: That's not the way I remember it)
8. Schizopolis, Soderbergh (experimental and self-indulgent, hilariously so)
9. Magnolia, Anderson (the Citizen Kane of my generation)
10. Fletch, Ritchie (towards ethics in journalism)

I think there might not be enough foreign films on my list.

]]> Maassive http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458458 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:43:35 -0800 Comment by JMW blogging as pretension

]]> JMW http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458460 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458460 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:48:43 -0800 Comment by Daranee I knew my list would come in handy one day though it's a bit more commercial than Charles'. At least it doesn't have Forrest Gump on it which makes it better than the AFI.

1. The Seven Samurai

2. Metropolitan

3. Chungking Express

4. Tess

5. All About Eve

6. Barcelona

7. The Filth and the Fury

8. Velvet Goldmine

9. Exotica

10. Persuasion

]]> Daranee http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458467 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:54:43 -0800 Comment by Sean Can't resist. BTW, my list is better than everyone else's...

* Reservoir Dogs
* Stranger Than Paradise
* The Philadelphia Story
* Wild at Heart
* The Piano
* Memento
* This Is Spinal Tap
* Swingers
* Fargo
* Kids

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458480 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:20:41 -0800 Comment by Pretentious Snob *vomits all over keyboard*

]]> Pretentious Snob http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458483 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:20:53 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Magnolia, Anderson (the Citizen Kane of my generation)

I don't want to think about what that says about our generation.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458494 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:35:52 -0800 Comment by SeMe What about Burnett's The Glass Shield?

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458513 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:58:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle don't forget Love, Actually - the speech by the PM ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458515 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:59:26 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me In no particular order…

Breakfast at Tiffanies
Metropolis
Philadelphia Story
Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La
Brazil
The Women
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Pythons Meaning of Life
Ivan Groznyy I

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458525 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:08:19 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie Good list Charles. I like everything on there that I recognize, and am curious to seek out the rest of it.

Not that anyone cares, but I'll add my list to this list. It's not a 10-best or anything like that, but these are films I've seen fairly recently that I want to share.

1) The Gleaners and I - Agnes Varda (a fascinating doc about people who live from other folks' garbage)

2) Lunacy - Jan Svankmajer (One of the scariest, most fucked-up movies EVER. It played 2 sold out nights at SIFF and it's coming back for a week at NWFF. See it, but DON'T bring a date.)

3) How to Draw a Bunny - John Walter. (A touching and confusing look at Ray Johnson, a major and majorly neglected artist.)

4) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Pedro Almodovar (I just saw it for the 2nd time at Harvard Exit's Viva Pedro series. It's a great film! See them all!)

5) In the Mood For Love - Wong Kar Wai (Wong's crowning achievement. I can't get enough of this gorgeous film.)

6) Brazil - Terry Gilliam (Call it a sacrilage, but I think this is a more accurate vision of our world than Blade Runner. At any rate, a good companion piece)

7) Lord of the Rings - Peter Jackson (No apologies. I think this is one of the best movies ever made.)

8) Film - Samuel Beckett. (Written and directed by Beckett. Starring Buster Keaton. What more do you need to know?)

9) Duck Soup - Marx Brothers (Maybe the best comedy ever? You have to watch it repeatedly to catch the lines you miss while laughing.)

10) Police Beat - Robinson Devor (The best film ever made about Seattle. If you love this city, see this movie.)

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458537 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:24:25 -0800 Comment by you_gotta_be_kidding_me Oh... and I forgot...

It's a Mad Mad Mad World
The African Queen
Arsnic and Old Lace
and
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

There. Lock me in a room with these for the rest of my life and I'd be happy!

]]> you_gotta_be_kidding_me http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458546 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:36:41 -0800 Comment by neo-realist The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah (cinema as american machismo)

Dirty Harry, Siegal (cinema as Nixon's silent majority)

]]> neo-realist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458677 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:45:25 -0800 Comment by Maassive re: I don't want to think about what that says about our generation.

I was hoping someone would pick up on that.

]]> Maassive http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458681 Arts Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:57:18 -0800 Comment by JMW Me too, Maassive. Magnolia sucked. Hard. And this comes from someone who -- somewhat inexplicably -- really liked Punch-Drunk Love. So I don't just hate PTA.

]]> JMW http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458794 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:41:32 -0800 Comment by Tim Blade Runner
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
Godfather 1 & 2
Cidade do Deus
Broadway Danny Rose
Knife in the the Water
2001 (Not the pre-human or post human parts.)

]]> Tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458827 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458827 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:10:04 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Y'all are (mostly) nuts, though You Gotta Be Kidding Me isn't too far off the mark.

* All That Heaven Allows (Wyman, Hudson)
* Billy Liar (Courtenay, Christie)
* Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh)
* Funny Face (Hepburn, Astaire)
* The Ladykillers (Guinness, Sellers)
* Withnail and I (Richard Grant)
* To Catch A Thief (Grant, Kelly)
* Pillow Talk (Hudson, Day)
* A Hard Days Night (The Beatles)

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458847 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:46:46 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I can't believe I left off:

* An American In Paris (Kelly, Caron, Levant)
* The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (Deneuve)
* Roman Holiday (Hepburn, Peck)

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458866 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:12:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Pillow Talk
To Catch A Thief
Blade Runner
The African Queen
Police Beat
Lord of the Rings
Monty Python's The Holy Grail
Love, Actually
Rashomon
and anything by Shakespeare

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458916 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:23:49 -0800 Comment by Johnny Toothpick Will,
Shakespeare's movies are pretty good, but like his Game Boy adaptations better.

]]> Johnny Toothpick http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/moving_pictures#c458949 Arts Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:14:54 -0800